Elephant Butte and Heron Lake Update

Heron Lake, NM, Wednesday, July 11, 2007, 11:00 a.m.

7,154.20 ft. elevation above mean sea level
237,619 acre feet of water

Up 0.01' (1/12 inch) and 45 acre feet in 24 hours
Up 0.02' (1/6 inch) and 88 acre feet in 71 hours

The marina is in about 27.5 feet of water with the lake 59% full.
The lake level is about 26 feet below normal full and 32 feet below spillway.

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Elephant Butte Lake, Wednesday, July 11, 2007, 9:00 a.m.:

4,341.48 ft. elev. above benchmark
524,111 acre feet of water

The lake is down .34' (4.1") and 4,422 a.f. in 24 hours.
The lake is down .96' (11.5") and 12,851 a.f. in 71 hours.

4,341.48 . . . . . 524,111 . . . . . July 11 (down 3.5 ft. so far in July,
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . still 8 inches above beginning of year level,
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . down 6 ft. 3 in. from spring maximum)
4,344.96 . . . . . 571,440 . . . . . June 30 (down 2.1 ft)
4,347.60 . . . . . 608,760 . . . . . June 9 (high point for spring runoff)
4,347.08 . . . . . 601,320 . . . . . May 31 (down 0.5 ft.)
4,343.30 . . . . . 548,050 . . . . . May 5
4,343.84 . . . . . 555,970 . . . . . April 30
4,347.62 . . . . . 609,050 . . . . . March 31 (up 0.8 ft.)
4,347.76 . . . . . 611,060 . . . . . March 19 (high point for year to date)
4,347.70 . . . . . 610,210 . . . . . March 13
4,346.80 . . . . . 598,460 . . . . . February 28 (up 1.8 ft.)
4,344.02 . . . . . 558,440 . . . . . January 31 (up 3.2 ft.)
4,340.82 . . . . . 515,350 . . . . . January 1